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October 23, 2011
Some of the familiar will of qaddafi have asked for his body to be given over to them for burial. the government said they want a secret burial so no shrine can be created for tim. back to you, shannon. >> thank you very much. president obama just released a statement on libyas liberation. he congratulates the people of libya and pledges to support transitional government and write is "now that the fighting in libya has reached an end the transitional national council must turn its attention to ...
October 23, 2011
movement. should msnbc worked on a statement for the group without telling the viewers? herman cain confounds almost everyone by surging to the top of the republican polls. is the press finally giving him the scrutiny he deserves. and with the presidential debates dominating, we talk to the man that moderated more faceoffs than anyone else an ad mitts to a few mistakes along the way. a conversation with jim lehrer. >> you dont have any help, dont have time to make the decisions. you ...
October 23, 2011
are reported to have collapsed, including a university dormitory. rescue efforts must compete with frequently strong aftershocks. so far, at least 138 deaths have been confirmed, many more injured. this part of the world is prone to killer earthquakes. a 7.6 quake hit western turkey a dozen years ago. at that time, 17,000 people were killed. cnn crews are now at the site of todays devastating damage. nefsen joins us by phone. can you see anything, or get a s sense of whats going on the...
October 22, 2011
troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. >> up on the white house website, the headline reads president obama has ended the war in iraq. the white house take on this is simple. president obama promised to end u.s. troop involvement in iraq and today fulfilled that promise. in one sense its true. heres what he said when he launched his campaign nearly four years ago. >> america, it is time to start bringing our troops hom...
October 20, 2011
How does anybody win in this? >> his advertising team is the real winner. >> and that rocking chair, what type of stereo type is that? >> it is a any one. do you need a corncob pipe? does he have his chowch on his porch? -- couch on the porch? >> this is not the waltons. bill, have you been studying presidential elections for years. how important are the debates? >> very important. unfortunately very boring. here is what i got from the debate. arm touching that resulted in verbal jabs. lots of a...
October 20, 2011
Of the concerns you have there. thats fine. shes trying to reinvigorate her campaign thats fallen dramatically. if you look at the debate performance last night, you dont hear anybody talking about michele bachmann. dont think there was anything memorable she did say. the show was rick perry and mitt romney going after it and rick santorum did a fantastic job going after mitt romney on health care and really injecting himself as a leader in the campaign and debates, going after and trying to pre...
October 20, 2011
To try to bring gender into the debate. >> ron, how long can michele bachmann stay in the race? >> well, she can stay in quite some time. she does have an amazing small donor base of almost a quarter million people that gave money to her in the past. only if only 30% write her a check for $25, it adds up to real money and you can run a low-budget campaign in iowa where its getting into the coffee shops and having your bus go from town to town. she can stay through iowa i think. id be surprised i...
October 20, 2011
Attacking and the bombing that killed two service members. this has been a tragic history most notably pan am 103. >> for me, 12 years old being the real exclamation point for the lockerbie bombing. not just for people in libya, but for people across america, a relieved day. i dont want to say a happy day, but relieved. i know you have been talking about this, but a complex political situation in libya as well. dont assume that with gadhafis death everything resolves itself in libya. >> we heard...
October 20, 2011
determine their own destiny in a new and democratic libya. >> no details from the president as to exactly how gadhafi died. there are clearly many, many questions about that. i want you to take a look at that. this footage shot today in gadhafis home town. sirte. it appears to show gadhafi in custody and still alive up against that truck. it is jumpy, hard to follow. we do see this man purportedly gadhafi, in this semi upright position. clearly under duress. quite possibly mortally wou...
October 18, 2011
Get out of having to do the mexican national anthem? >> thats what it was. >> really? >> i just made that up. what i dont get is the . of -- have you ever recalled an e-mail? >> that is so lame. >> no. when i had an e-mail alteration, what i would do immediately is sometimes i got the -- >> i got that one. >> before i my time here. i sent out a roip write e-mail and i said, making man. there is a fun picture thing. you need tech support to get into e-mail and they are working over time and delet...